History - Term 1 +1st half

Question 1

18th June 1914

Answer 1

Death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, his wife and their unborn baby.

Question 2

23rd July 1914

Answer 2

The Austro-Hungarian government issued Serbia with an ultimatum containing concrete demands in order to prevent escalation.

Question 3

29th July 1914

Answer 3

Britain called for international mediation to resolve the worsening crisis.

Question 4

1st August 1914

Answer 4

The German Empire declared war on the Russian Empire.

Question 5

3rd August 1914

Answer 5

Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium.

Question 6

4th August 1914

Answer 6

Great Britain declared war on Germany.

Question 7

Kaiser Wilhelm I

Answer 7

The German Empire. King of Prussia.

Question 8

Field Marshall Alfred von Schlieffen

Answer 8

He developed the plan of attack the the German armies used with significant at the outbreak of the World War I.

Question 9

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Answer 9

Wilhelm II was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia.

Question 10

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 10

Heir to the imperial throne of Austro-Hungarian empire.

Question 11

The Black Hand

Answer 11

They are a secret Serbian society of the early 20th century that used terrorist methods to promote the liberation of Serbs outside Serbia. They were Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Vaso Čubrilović, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Cvjetko Popović, Trifko Grabež, and Gavrilo Princip.

Question 12

Gavrilo Princip

Answer 12

He was a Bosnian-Serb youth. He shot and killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir apparent to the Austrian throne, and his pregnant wife Sophie as the motorcar passed by the streets of Sarajevo. He was arrested and imprisoned, where he would die of tuberculosis in 1918.

Question 13

Mobilise

Answer 13

To prepare and organise troops for a war.

Question 14

Kaiser

Answer 14

A German word for Emperor.

Question 15

Great Powers

Answer 15

A country with great power over a group of countries. Such as United Kingdom.

Question 16

Empire

Answer 16

An extensive group of states and countries ruled over by a single monarch.

Question 17

Colony

Answer 17

A county or area und the full or partial political control of another country occupied by settlers.

Question 18

Merchant ships

Answer 18

A privately owned ship used for the transport of goods and civilian persons.

Question 19

The Balkans

Answer 19

An area in southeast Europe.

Question 20

Patriotism

Answer 20

The quality of being patriotic, devotion to and vigorous support for one’s country.

Question 21

Arms Race

Answer 21

A pattern of competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries.

Question 22

Alliance

Answer 22

An agreement between countries that benefit form them.

Question 23

Encirclement

Answer 23

Being surrounded.

Question 24

Annex

Answer 24

Add (territory) to one’s own territory by appropriation.

Question 25

How did the Franco-Prussian war(1870-71) cause WWI?

Answer 25

Germany gained confidence and increased its aggression as a result of its victory in the war. France were humiliated with led to them wanting revenge.

Question 26

How did Empires making enemies cause WWI?

Answer 26

Britain and France expanded their empires in result in increased tension among European country. An empire has lots of colonies which caused them to have move enemies because they wall wanted the land one another had.

Question 27

How did the disagreement about whose navy was biggest and best cause WWI?

Answer 27

The British had the most developed army buy then the Germans army became more developed after they stool the plans for a British ship so they become the second more developed army. This caused the first world war because the countries wanted to go to war to find out whose navy was the best.

Question 28

How did the countdown to war cause WWI?

Answer 28

During this time Serbia and Austro-Hungary allied different countries which lead to a the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The alliances meant that different lots of countries got.

Question 29

How did allies and enemies cause WWI?

Answer 29

There were lots of different treaties such as the treaty of London, Emperor’s League, the dual alliance, the triple alliance, the Franco, Russian alliance, the entente cordiale and the triple entente.

Question 30

How did the murder in Sarajevo cause WWI?

Answer 30

The Black Hand, a secret Serbian society of the early20th century that used terrorist methods to promote the liberation of Serbs outside Serbia, killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, his wife and his unborn baby. This was in Sarajevo in Austro-Hungary. Austro-Hungary knew that Serbia were behind these these attacks. The Austro-Hungarians were very unhappy and this caused them to send a list of unreasonable demands to Serbia, of course could not do this. Then the Austro-Hungarians declared war on Serbia starting WW1.